Film as a Radical Pedagogic Tool

Emerging from Inside Film, a project that helps prisoners and people on probation make their own films, this book discusses the need for working class people to represent themselves and challenge mainstream stereotypes and assumptions about them. The author demonstrates that film and television are key means by which socioeconom

Deirdre O'Neill is a filmmaker and independent scholar.

Chapter 1: Introduction Chapter 2: Radical Pedagogy, Prison and Film Chapter 3: Working Class Subjectivity and Representation Chapter 4: Broadening the Referential Framework: Prison as an Event Chapter 5: Hegemony and the Culture of the Working Class Chapter 6: Radical Cinematic Practices Chapter 7: The Foodbank Film Conclusion